Progress...and HEAT!!!

We are still in the throws of construction mess, however, there have been big strides made, namely I have first floor heat! That has been HUGE! My eventual bedroom downstairs has gotten new windows, ceiling and walls and a newly framed in closet (it had none before). The dining room had its ceiling and the top walls above the chair rail painted this weekend by Steve and myself. The kitchen floor is finished and our friend Kevin is working on new cabinets/drawers surrounding the refrigerator so I can hopefully get my kitchen boxes emptied and have a really functioning and well stocked kitchen again. Caitie's eventual bedroom upstairs has been totally gutted and is awaiting the contractor to head up there. Right now our contractor is coming only when it rains as he is splitting time between our work and a roof job he has. The one thing I STILL don't have is a damn fence. It is still my biggest stressor and with cold weather here it is NOT fun to be out walking at night, which is the best time to walk Sadie so she has the smallest chance of acting like a raving lunatic!

Steve was here this weekend and for the first time we didn't have to spend the entire weekend working on the house! We took the girls shopping for winter gear, ate out, watched a family movie together (Ant Man and the Wasp...so good!) and just got to relax and spend time together, it was very much needed for all of us! The next time new see him will be when we head to TN for Thanksgiving break.

The girls are doing well and keeping busy. They both just auditioned for the school play today and will find out if they got parts on Wednesday. They both also tried out a Jui-Jitsu class on Sunday and really liked it. It's close to home so they can walk there and since it's on a Sunday it doesn't interfere with school work etc.

I've been busy with new private clients and classes. I am currently working with this incredibly sweet and adorable baby bulldog, she makes my day when I get to see her. I just spent a week in Memphis at the Association of Professional Dog Trainers conference and really enjoyed myself. On top of getting to see some great speakers and meet people, I was able to spend time with two of my best girl friends AND see Steve when he and the girls came for the last weekend there. It was a nice way to spend my birthday.

Life is pretty mundane, which I can't complain too much about. I'm feeling much less stress than I have been the last few months. I'll taking boring over prolonged chaos any day!

Enjoy the day!

Wall and window demo in my bedroom

I got rid of this third window so my bed could go on this wall

Putting my bedroom back together...a new closet is built!

Caitie's bedroom demo'd...neither of these rooms had any significant insulation in the walls and barely any in the attic above Caitie's room.

Newly built kitchen cabinet progress

I got a little carried away scraping the ceiling...

And in the process spilled paint...sigh

New Dining room walls and windows and a new coat of paint!

Joy!